Resilient wheel.



H. o. SHOGKLEY, RBSILIENT WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY13,1912.

L IILHI w 6 HARLW' DEVILLE SHSKLEY, OF DARLNGTON, WISCONSIN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

hpplcation filed July 13, i912. Serial No. 709,141.

T o c?! whom, it may concert lc it known that l, HARLow O. SHOGKLEY, acitizen oli` the United States, residing at ihirlington, in thecounty-of Lafayette and .itate of ll'isconsin, have invented a new anduseful Resilient W'heel; and I do hereby de- Clare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willei'iable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to nnihe aniluse the saine.

This invention relates toa new and useful vehicle Wheel,

s one of the objects of the invent-ion, it is the aiin to provide awheel of this design. 15 in which the pneumatic isdisposed adjacent thehub of the v-:heel7 so as to eliminate t-he possibility of the sainebecoming punctured. is a further object of the invention, a metalliccasingy is provided entirelyT inclos- 2o idg the pneumatic forshielding,- and protecting the same.

Another object to construct this casing or' an inner and outer sectionhaving a slide joint', wherein)7 the inner section may move relati tothe outer section.

A further object of the invention is to construct the wheel in suc-hwise as to perthe pneumatic to l readily removed.

invention comprises further features and combination oi parts, ashereinafter set torti i, disclosed in the drawings and claimed. u thedrawingsFigure l. is a vertical .c tional `view through a wheelconstructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a view in sideelevation.A 3 is a detail view.,

Referring more particularly to the drawings l designates the usual axle,and 2 the le thereof while 3 denotes a nut (which tended to a reducedextension oli` the Lpindle) tur holdingthe hub l of the wheel thespindle. The hub is provided with the usual spel G, Progi-zeting 'fromthe outer circumference oi the riin on one side thereoii, and forming anintegral part the riin (i is a ange 7..

Vt-liso projecting; frein the run is a central iiang'e 8, between whichand the 'flange 'i' a space l) is formed. The dange 8 is removable.Surrounding the rim 6 is an annular ring' l0, the purpose of which willbe here inatter disclosed.

A metallic easing il is provided for inclosing andiprotecting thepneumatic 1,2.

5, which connect to the rina- This metallic casing ll comprises theinner and outer sections 13 and le. The inner section, however, iscomposed of the annular plates l5 and 1G, which are provided withopenings 17, through which the riin 6 extends. 'lhe plate 16 is arrangedin the space 9, while the plate l5 is n the llange 8 and the annularringr l0a there being a. series of bolts passing through the flanges 7and 8, the plates l5 and 1G and the annular rinf7r 10, and provided withnuts 1 7, thereby holding the parte secure. The holt-s are denoted bythe numerals 18.

The outer section of the easing` ll is constructed in two parts 19 and20, as shown in Fig. 3, which meet at 2l. This outer sec- 'tion 11iarches over the pneumatic. and the arched portion 22 seats ina groove inthe rim 23, 'the outer face of which is constructed with'a groove Q4, toreceive the to which the tire or riin 2G is sep The sect ion 14e is profided with U- sha pi l guides E27, between which the plates lo and ltare guided, as the hub and rim G together with the plates l5 and 16nieve relative to the outer sect-ion let.

The outer section oli the casing; il. is

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disposed betweenl constructed in two halves or parte, the ad- 4 jacentends of which halvesor sections are provided with overlapping tabs 27a,upon the inner and outer surface oi the halvesg so as to preventdisplacement ott' the halves or parte.

The plates l5 and 16 are constructed of resilient sheet metal, so as toyield or bow outwardly, when the air in the pneumatic 1Q is undercompression. The section le oft the casing ll is also constructed ofresilient sheet inet-al, so that the opposite sides ofvsaid section lwill yield'or bow out wardly, when the air in the 'l'ineumatic'll isunder compression.

-ln the drawings there has heen disclosed a certain structure, but inpractical fields.

this structireinav necessitate alterations, to which the patentes isentitled, provided the alterz'itions are coinerehonded within thescopeof what claimed.

lironi the foregoing yit will he discerned there has been produced anovel ilorin of vehicle wheel having` a niet-allie casing, the arch ofwhich seats in groove of the :telly or rim of the wheel, and. one inwhich other desirable features, such as the slidahle joint los of ametallic easing, and means for permitting the removalof the pneumatic,are included. I

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed asnevv and usefulis l. In a vehicle wheeha hub n'iexnloer ineluding a huh rim, apneiunatie cushion, an outer Wheel rim, a easing inelosing saidpneumatic cushion and interposed between said iiins, said easing being;construct-ed of resilient sheet metal and comprising inner and ontei`sections.y the outei` section being constructed in two halves. theadjacent ends of which are provided with means to prevent displacement`of said halves relative to one another, said outer section havingsliding connections with the inner section.

2. In a vehicle wheel, a huh member inoludingh n huh fini, a pneiu'natiecushion, nn outer wheel rim, a easing` inelosiixgsaid pneumatie cushionand interposed between said rims, said casing being constructed ofresilient sheet metal and ei'nnpiising innei` and outei` sections, theouter section being constructed in two halves, the adjacent ends ofwhich halves are provided with overlapping tabs, upon the inneil :indouter faces of said outer sections, so as to prevent displacement ofsaid halves relativeto one another, said outer seetionheing providedwith sliding," eonmelions with the inner section.

ln testinn'inv whereof I have signed my naine to this specification inthe presence of tivo suhserihin .vitnesses.

HARLOW OIWUILE SHOCKLEY.

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